Himmel og Helvete (Heaven and Hell) director: Øyvind Vennerød
country: Norway
year: 1969
duration: 94 minutes
language: Norwegian, English sub


Lifeforce director: Tobe Hooper
country: USA
year: 1985
duration: 116 minutes
language: English


Club 70 is our exploitation, grindhouse, drive-in, horror collection program in which we look back at highlights in movies from the seventies and more. Of “Himel og Helvete” (Heaven and Hell). This movie also introduces a new genre at BUT Film Festival: The Turkey. With a Turkey we’re not talking about an actual turkey, but about a movie which completely misrepresents the intention of the director and the producer, which makes the movie so wrong, that it’s actually good.

“Himmel og Helvete” can be a warning against the use of drugs. The style of the movie will make you think otherwise. All obvious reasons against the use of drugs are presented. Vennerød tries to warn us against drug use, but by using an exploitation style the message is completely lost.





The second movie of club 70’s is 1985 “Lifeforce”. it fits in perfectly with this years’ Days of Future Past theme. The movie, directed by none other than Tobe Hooper and written by Dan O’Bannon, is an apocalyptic, science-fiction, horror, zombie epic! We get presented a movie in which the makers aspired to combine “2001” and “Dawn of the Dead”. The result is a over-the-top movie that goes from strange, to bizarre, to completely preposterous before you even notice.